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Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Excuse me, this paper adored Basil Marceauxdotcom, as did the entire world.
He was a treasure, and his absence from public life was palpable, particularly during this last legislative session.
Re: “Charter School Crowd and MNPS Do Different Math on Student Attrition”
Neither method is showing particularly great rates of retention; bickering about which is at the bottom of a fairly steaming heap seems counter productive.
Re: “WSMV Exposes Metro's Makeshift Toxic Landfill (And a Scalp for Ken Jakes!)”
Your preaching to a brick wall, Kosh III. He/she/it is a holocaust (past and future) denier!
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Nice unsolicited undeserved unnecessary insult, Goofball. Go pluck another hair from the palm of your hand!
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Affirmative, AnglRdr, but that being said, I am not so much a fan of the show. I'm kinda primitive in my TV appreciation. Not being a real fan of country music as it is today, it just don't crank my tractor. My wife loves it though!
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
"This story only serves to either make Mangino look foolish — when he's obviously well-meaning and not hurting anyone — which is kind of a jerk move, or it gives an air of plausibility to something that simply doesn't work this way."
Very rich, considering all the Basil Marceaux coverage you guys did.
Pot, meet kettle.
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
And, as we all know, Jim is a self-appointed expert on everything!
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Well, best of luck.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
matt, did you see the episode(s) they went on tour? They used Nashville exteriors to play other cities, even.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Ha-ha, the truth stings don't it Donna? Pompous cow. Better sign off and wait by the phone, you may get a Pulitzer for your "dirty diaper" quip.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I think I gotcha--you're complaining about the state of country music (which I have really never been a fan of) currently, as opposed to the show itself, right?
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
If the state and city don't want to offer the same incentives they did last year, it would seem they are the ones backing out of the deal.
It's a crying shame, the show is a hit and Nashville looks amazing on it. If they move, they'll have to make up all these fake Nashville landmarks, and we'll wish we had kept up our end of the deal.
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Jim, I'm not the expert here either, just recapping what I remember from some brief discussions. The YouTube video is an overly simplistic version of presentations he's made to some interested government agencies.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I agree about J D Souther ans Wyclef Jean. I was referring to the run of the mill country star today. In another venue, they would be B or C level pop stars. Maybe I am just a music purist or an old fart, I dunno! Maybe both?
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Same situation with that idea. All "master-minded" but no funding. His priority has been the Maser, plus he's either working or spending most of his time with family. I've pictured it like one of those ground penetrating radar contraptions but probably on a drivable platform or remote controlled. Don't want to walk through a red ant hill.
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Super-heating the tornado and not the air around it can exacerbate the problem. A tornado is caused in part by a considerable temperature difference in air masses colliding. Sounds counterproductive to my weather dynamics untrained mind!
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Thanks for answering my question, Donna! So helpful, as usual.
464, But Kid Rock and Darrius Rucker haven't been on the show, have they?
I'm going through IMdB, and the only names I'm seeing that I recognize are JD Souther and Wyclef Jean, neither of which are country artists (or are playing artists at all on the show), and they're certainly not "B or C" lists stars at all, Jim.
I suppose, though, I must be watching a different show than the haters ;)
Re: “My Maser Challenge to The Tennessean”
Has he tried an experiment with the red ants?
Re: “Stephen Fincher Loves Government Handouts, Just Not for the Poor”
Quoting passages from the bible is irrelevant as an argument related to government programs.
Christianity is about individuals VOLUNTARILY choosing to follow the teachings of Jesus. It isn't about advocating using government force to make everyone else do so.
Jesus didn't march around at the head of a Roman legion extracting alms for the poor from everyone he ran across who he thought could afford it.
Re: “Charter School Crowd and MNPS Do Different Math on Student Attrition”
That's the point, though. Attrition seems like a problem in lots of schools, charter and traditional. A problem that deserves scrutiny. One formula seems to show the problem is wide-spread better than the other.